No one voted for this

Nov 25, 2012

"There was a vote at the election and people voted in favour of my proposal to bring a cruise ship terminal to the city. There is no need to vote again and it is part of my mandate to make sure it happens." - Mayor Tom Tate Gold Coast Bulletin 21st November 2012

"We have a mayor down at the Gold Coast, Mayor Tom Tate, who as I clearly recall campaigned, saying by the election he wanted to build a Gold Coast cruise terminal. And I said at the time as the newly elected Premier, that if he was elected, we would back him... what my government is doing is backing up a mayor who has the guts to go to the electorate saying this is what he wanted to do, and we will back him." - Premier Campbell Newman ABC Radio 21st November 2012

Oh dear what a tangled web - I recall a week before the election as we [SOSA] were concerned we had not had a reply to our questions on the topic from Mayor Candidate Tom Tate.

Some FactsMayoral candidate Tom Tate NEVER had any policy or made mention of a cruise terminal for The Spit or Wavebreak Island during his campaign. Tom campaigned under the premise that The Spit and Wavebreak Island were to remain undeveloped.This is a CLEAR FACT!

He never mentioned massive private development, the handing over of any public land, any resumption of public owned space, the giving away of the broadwater, hotels or casinos for the area. [Remember the bizare trip to Las Vegas with GCB Shannon Willoghby and Federal MP Steven Ciobo in tow within a few weeks of taking the Mayorship]NONE of what is proposed was ever suggested. Releasing an unrelated policy for a terminal that has no resemblence to the current proposals just hours before the election day DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY MANADATE WHATSOEVER!

The People Absolutely did not vote for these proposals! Newman Wrong! Tate Wrong! Seeney Wrong!

Two days before the council election Tom Tate publically denied he had his eyes on public assets, He claimed the only item on the chopping block is the peice of land in Robina, bought by the current council with the intention of building the contraversial "Taj Mahal". On the same day the media released just one article showing a miniscule, rate-payer funded terminal as The Spit. Almost every voter never laid eyes on or new anything of his last-minute mock policy.The absentee and postal votes were already lodged.

Again - No one voted for this, even those that support it had absolutely no clue what was planned.